That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question.
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The main concern of the study is with the outline of a theoretical system. Its minor variations from writer to writer are not a matter of concern to this analysis.Talcott Parsons
The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense.
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Moreover, the structure of a theoretical system tells us what alternatives are open in the possible answers to a given question.
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Thus, in general, in the first instance, the direction of interest in empirical fact will be canalised by the logical structure of the theoretical system.
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But the scientific importance of a change in knowledge of fact consists precisely in j its having consequences for a system of theory.
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Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.
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